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Germany's Blohm und Voss Bv 142 reconnaissance

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Blohm und Voss Bv 142 reconnaissance:
Germany's Blohm und Voss Bv 142 reconnaissance
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Germany's Blohm und Voss Bv 142 reconnaissance
   

Design

The Blohm und Voss Bv 142 was the land version of the Bv 139.1

Prototype

Production

  • Blohm und Voss Bv 142 prototypes: 41
    • Production: 19391

Variants

  • Blohm und Voss Bv 142:

Usage

The prototype Bv 142s were taken over by the Luftwaffe and used for a short time.1

Specifications

  Blohm und Voss Bv 1421
Type Reconnaissance1
Crew  
Engine (Type) 4: BMW 132 H1
Cylinders  
Cooling  
Net HP 880 each1
Dimensions  
Span 98'1
Length 67' 6"1
Height  
Wing area  
Weight  
Empty  
Loaded  
Max overload  
Performance  
Speed 235 mph1
Climb  
Service ceiling  
Range  
Armament  
Bombs  

Sources:

  1. World War II Airplanes Volume 1, Enzo Angelucci, Paolo Matricardi, 1976